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(Photo courtesy of Andy Schroeder) Mitch Borden/KMXT There are eight people running for the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly this year. To help our listeners get to know the candidates, KMXT will be airing profiles of them every Tuesday and Thursday leading up to the election. KMXT sat down with Andy Schroeder to discuss why he wants to be an Assemblyman. ... Read More »

Children write responses to fisheries-based questions. Kitty Farnham sits far right. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The first cohort of Alaska Salmon Fellows is wrapping up its pilot year with final projects. The program brings together different innovators in the state, from policy makers to artists, and prompts them to start discussions about the salmon industry. Local ... Read More »

Sitting down for a meal in Russia (Photo by Father Dimitrii Kultinov) Mitch Borden/KMXT Recently, some Alaskans made the long trip to Russia to see the home of a beloved orthodox saint. At the end of August, a group of about 16 people from all over Alaska went to Russia. This trip wasn’t a normal vacation, but a sanctioned pilgrimage by ... Read More »

Beer. (Photo by Susan Ujka / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Island Brewery is moving up in the world – literally expanding up into a second level. The owner, Ben Millstein, is looking into installing a deck above the covered entryway. To do that, Millstein needs to increase off-street parking requirements and to do that he needs to go through ... Read More »

Deborah Bitanga. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT A multimedia art exhibit Thursday night encouraged discussion about the relationships between Alaskans and salmon. The Baranov Museum displayed the locally-made photographs and art pieces via projector. Local Deborah Bitanga was among the featured artists. She completed her drawing as part of Washington University’s Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program. She ... Read More »

Mitch Borden/KMXT At its regular meeting last night, the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly passed an ordinance that created the Residential Small Lot Single-Family District, or RSL. This could allow homes to be built on smaller pieces of land than allowed in the past. Developers will have to apply to create this district, and the smallest lot allowed to be subdivided ... Read More »

(Photo courtesy of Sandra Katelnikoff-Lester) Mitch Borden/KMXT There are eight people running for the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly this year. To help our listeners get to know the candidates, KMXT will be airing profiles of them every Tuesday and Thursday leading up to the election. KMXT sat down with Sandra Katelnikoff-Lester to discuss her campaign for the borough assembly. Sandra Katelnikoff-Lester ... Read More »

Inside a hoop house at Spruce Island Farm. (Photo by: Daniel Rich Sr/Facebook) Mitch Borden/KMXT The city of Ouzinkie started working on its community farm about three years ago. This summer was the first time the farm was fully operational. On the old Ouzinkie airstrip sits Spruce Island Farm with its two large hoop houses and 30 Rhode Island Red ... Read More »